diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/disable-tests b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/disable-tests
index c4aa7783a1..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/disable-tests
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/disable-tests
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# Intermittently fails e.g. https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/20231220-28/testresults/qemux86-64-ptest/curl.log
-# https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/20231220-27/testresults/qemux86-64-ptest/curl.log
-337
-# These CRL test (alt-avc) are failing
-356
-412
-413
-# These CRL tests are scanning docs
-971
-# Intermittently hangs e.g http://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/20231228-18/testresults/qemux86-64-ptest/curl.log
-1091
-# Intermittently hangs e.g https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/20231220-27/testresults/qemux86-64-ptest/curl.log
-1096
-# These CRL tests are scanning docs
-1119
-1132
-1135
-1478
-# These CRL tests are scanning headers
-1167
-1477
-# These CRL tests are scanning man pages
-1139
-1140
-1173
-1177
-# This CRL test is looking for m4 files
-1165
-# This CRL test is looking for src files
-1185
-# This test is scanning the source tree
-1222
-# These CRL tests need --libcurl option to be enabled
-1279
-1400
-1401
-1402
-1403
-1404
-1405
-1465
-1481
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/run-ptest
index 579b3f4587..597cf92dbb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/run-ptest
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/run-ptest
@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@ cd tests
 
 # Don't run the flaky or timing dependent tests
 # Until https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/13350 is resolved, don't run FTP tests
-./runtests.pl -a -n -am -j4 -p !flaky !timing-dependent !FTP
+# We don't enable --libcurl
+# Don't assume curl-config exists
+# We don't have the source tree
+./runtests.pl \
+    -a -c curl -vc curl -n -am -j4 -p \
+    !flaky !timing-dependent !FTP \
+    !--libcurl !curl-config !source\ analysis !checksrc !documentation
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.8.0.bb b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.8.0.bb
index b932594159..2b058e4e82 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.8.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.8.0.bb
@@ -101,23 +101,28 @@ do_compile_ptest() {
 }
 
 do_install_ptest() {
-	cat  ${UNPACKDIR}/disable-tests >> ${S}/tests/data/DISABLED
-	rm -f ${B}/tests/configurehelp.pm
-	cp -rf ${B}/tests ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
-        rm -f ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libtest/.libs/libhostname.la
-        rm -f ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libtest/libhostname.la
-        mv ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libtest/.libs/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libtest/
-        mv ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libtest/libhostname.so ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libtest/.libs/
-        mv ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/http/clients/.libs/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/http/clients/
-	cp -rf ${S}/tests ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
-	find ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/ -type f -name Makefile.am -o -name Makefile.in -o -name Makefile -delete
-	install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/src
-	ln -sf ${bindir}/curl   ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/src/curl
-	cp -rf ${D}${bindir}/curl-config ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+	install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
+	cp ${S}/tests/*.p[lmy] ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+
+	install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libtest
+	for name in $(makefile-getvar ${B}/tests/libtest/Makefile noinst_PROGRAMS noinst_LTLIBRARIES); do
+		${B}/libtool --mode=install install ${B}/tests/libtest/$name ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libtest
+	done
+	cp ${S}/tests/libtest/notexists.pl ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libtest
+	rm -f ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libtest/libhostname.la
+
+	install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/server
+	for name in $(makefile-getvar ${B}/tests/server/Makefile noinst_PROGRAMS); do
+		${B}/libtool --mode=install install ${B}/tests/server/$name ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/server
+	done
+
+	cp -r ${S}/tests/data ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
+
+	# More tests that we disable for automated QA as they're not reliable
+	cat ${UNPACKDIR}/disable-tests >>${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/data/DISABLED
 }
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
-	bash \
 	locale-base-en-us \
 	perl-module-b \
 	perl-module-base \